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In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi King Faisal walks with a cane as he leaves King Faisal Specialist Hospital with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, and entourage, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March, 16, 2022. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
March 16, 2022, 2:43 pm
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman undergoes medical tests, has pacemaker battery changed
Monarch’s health closely monitored as he holds absolute power in the kingdom, set to be succeeded by 36-year-old son, Prince Mohammed
By AP
Team of surgeons implant CartiHeal's scaffold into a 30-year-old woman's knee at Hadassah Medical Center, August 2018 (Hadassah Medical Center)
August 30, 2021, 7:02 pm
US orthobiologics firm to buy Israeli medical tech company CartiHeal
Kfar Saba firm’s proprietary implant treats cartilage lesions in arthritic and non-arthritic joints to help alleviate pain; deal estimated at $500 million
By Ricky Ben-David and Shoshanna Solomon
The UniDose automated dispensing robot for nuclear medicine developed by RescueDose (YouTube screenshot)
July 1, 2021, 1:08 pm
With robots dispensing medication, startup hopes to halt deadly errors
Medical device firm RescueDose has developed devices able to automatically dispense liquid medication at the right doses
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image: researcher examining a bacterial culture plate (iStock)
June 28, 2021, 2:37 pm
Israeli life sciences firms raised record $2.5 billion in 2020 – report
The 2020 figure represents a 55% year-on-year surge in funding in digital health, medical devices, biotech and pharma firms, IATI says; M&A deals plunge
By Shoshanna Solomon
Clair Labs has developed a sensor-based device that provides contactless monitoring of patients for their physiological markers by tracking light particles reflected off their skin. The device here is mounted at the side of a hospital bed (Courtesy)
June 20, 2021, 4:00 pm
Clair Labs raises $9 million to monitor patients remotely by ‘reading skin’
Tech developed by the Tel Aviv startup is able to monitor heartrate, airflow, temperature, by catching light reflected from skin
By Shoshanna Solomon
OutSense's IoT device transforms toilet bowls into smart systems that can warn of ailments (Courtesy)
June 7, 2021, 3:05 pm
Smart-toilet bowl startup gets more funds in the tank to rev up production
American VC investor will pilot OutSense’s IoT device, which clips onto the toilet bowl to analyze urine and stool, monitoring its users’ health
By Shoshanna Solomon
The HemoScreen blood test analyzer device developed by PixCell Medical (Courtesy)
May 3, 2021, 4:59 pm
South Korea’s Soulbrain buys control of PixCell for blood analyzer devices
Soulbrain, a maker of semiconductors, is seeking to transition to healthcare and diagnostics; Israeli startup’s device does blood count analysis within five minutes
By Shoshanna Solomon
BrainQ hopes to uses AI-based electromagnetic therapy to reduce disability following a stroke (Courtesy)
March 15, 2021, 1:20 pm
Study of 25 stroke patients shows BrainQ’s wave therapy can reduce disability
Hat-like device developed by startup aims to treat damaged areas with ‘artificial brainwaves’ that mimic healthy neural networks to rebalance the brain
By Shoshanna Solomon
TytoCare, a telehealth startup that has developed an artificial intelligence based device that enables remote medical examinations (YouTube screenshot)
March 4, 2021, 2:03 pm
Telehealth startup TytoCare raises $50 million as COVID pushes doctors online
Israeli firm’s AI-based device enables clinicians to perform remote medical checks of heart, lungs, skin, ears, throat and belly, and take temperature
By Shoshanna Solomon
Israeli firm Lumenis' Moses technology is considered a 'gamechanger' in the treatment of urinary stones (YouTube Screenshot)
March 3, 2021, 5:07 pm
Lumenis sells surgical business to US firm Boston Scientific for $1.1 billion
Yoke’am-based firm was acquired in 2019 by Baring Private Equity Asia, which will continue to run the remaining aesthetics and vision division of the firm
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Hominis Surgical System developed by Memic Innovative Surgery is a robotic surgical device (Courtesy)
March 3, 2021, 11:47 am
Israeli robotic arms get FDA nod for minimally invasive hysterectomies
The Hominis Surgical System developed by Memic Innovative Surgery provides human-level dexterity, optimal access and 360 degrees of movement, startup says
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of medics treating a patient (YouTube screenshot)
February 8, 2021, 12:32 pm
Haifa hospital starts using startup’s ‘artificial skin’ to treat burn wounds
Rambam Health Care Campus has treated dozens of burn patients with nanomaterials developed by Nanomedic that adhere to wound, with no dressing changes needed
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Sentinel urine monitoring device developed by Serenno Medical (Serenno)
January 20, 2021, 2:50 pm
Startup hopes life-saving kidney monitor will hit US hospitals this year
Serenno Medical gets $1.5 million investment and teams up with Elcam Medical to mass-produce urine monitoring device to detect kidney injuries for hospitalized patients
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prof. Irit Bahar, director of the Ophthalmology Department at Rabin Medical Center, removes the bandages from Jamal Furani, after he got the artificial cornea implant developed by CorNeat Vision (Channel 13 screenshot)
January 19, 2021, 4:28 pm
In first, Haifa man regains his vision after getting artificial cornea implant
Jamal Furani, 78, is the first person implanted with CorNeat’s product; after operation, he could read text and recognize family members, startup says
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a patient treated in an ICU, coma, brain injury (sudok1; iStock by Getty Images)
January 18, 2021, 1:53 pm
Startup hopes to track coma patients’ condition with goggles that monitor pupils
Israel’s BrainWatch Tech is working on prototype of device that will automatically measure and record pupillary reactions to light in patients with severe brain injury
By Shoshanna Solomon
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